3 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
4 --------------------------------
8 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces
17 * Improved session announcement system
21 - Ability to embed video output
24 - new design and set of icons
25 - new streaming wizard
26 - Ability to embed video output
28 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
29 ---------------------------------
32 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
33 * Playing MOD files is working now.
36 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
37 ---------------------------------
40 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
41 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
44 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
45 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
46 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
47 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
50 * Internal improvments
51 * Improved import/export
54 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
56 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
57 small and strange formats.
59 * New MOD audio demux.
60 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
61 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
62 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
63 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
66 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
67 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
68 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
74 * New opengl video output plugin.
77 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
78 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
80 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
81 ---------------------------------
84 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
85 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
86 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
87 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
88 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
89 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
90 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
91 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
94 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
99 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
100 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
101 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
102 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
103 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
104 * Reworked DVB tuning.
105 * Better Icecast support.
106 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
107 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
110 * Support for Theora video encoding.
111 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
112 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
113 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
114 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
115 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
116 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
119 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
120 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
121 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
122 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
123 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
124 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
125 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
126 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
127 * Preliminary RTP support.
128 * Fixes to SAP announces.
133 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
134 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
136 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
137 - Improvements and help in preferences
138 - New streaming wizard
139 - Revised Disc Open menu
141 - Improvements of the standard pages
142 - Support for new commands
143 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
146 * Many fixes to the SAP module
147 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
150 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
151 * Text subtitles autodetection.
152 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
153 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
154 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
155 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
156 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
157 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
158 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
161 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
163 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
164 * Support for Panther.
165 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
166 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
169 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
170 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
171 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
172 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
173 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
174 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
175 * Multimonitor support (untested).
176 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
179 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
180 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
181 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
184 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
187 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
188 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
189 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
190 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
192 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
193 ---------------------------------
196 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
199 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
200 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
203 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
204 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
207 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
210 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
211 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
214 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
217 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
220 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
221 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
224 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
225 ---------------------------------
228 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
229 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
233 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
234 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
235 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
237 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
238 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
241 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
244 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
247 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
248 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
251 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
252 ---------------------------------
255 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
256 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
260 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
261 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
262 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
263 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
264 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
267 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
268 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
269 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
272 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
273 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
274 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
277 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
278 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
279 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
280 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
281 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
284 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
285 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
286 * A new CORBA control plugin.
289 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
292 * Improved build system.
293 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
294 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
295 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
296 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
299 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
300 ---------------------------------
303 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
306 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
307 * Fixed large file support on Windows
308 * Video 4 Linux support
309 * CD Digital Audio support
310 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
313 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
314 * Support for OpenDML avi files
315 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
316 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
319 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
320 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
321 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
322 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
323 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
324 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
325 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
328 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
329 * New HTTP remote control interface
332 * New stream output scheme. It is now possible to build a chain of stream outputs allowing for instance to stream and display some content at the same time.
333 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
334 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
335 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
338 * New reset option for the preferences
339 * You can set your language in the prefences
340 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
341 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
342 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
343 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
346 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
347 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
348 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
351 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
352 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
353 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
354 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
355 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
356 * New icons by Davor Orel.
357 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
358 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
359 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
360 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
363 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
364 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
365 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
366 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
367 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
368 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
369 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
372 * Interface localization
373 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
374 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
375 * New full-featured Preferences window
377 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
378 ---------------------------------
381 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
382 * support for skins at the interface level
383 * new OSD module using Freetype2
384 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
385 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
386 input level before dropping out of date frames.
387 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
390 * fixed HTTP redirects
391 * support for opening an entire directory
392 * EOF should be detected more reliably
393 * new video4linux access plug-in
394 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
397 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
398 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
399 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
402 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
403 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
404 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
405 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
406 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
407 * new codec for raw I420 video
408 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
411 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
412 (although it still misses some important features)
413 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
416 * new HTTP output support
417 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
418 * fixed AV synchronization issues
421 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
424 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
427 * reorderable playlist
428 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
429 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
430 * support for mono audio output devices
431 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
432 * fixed several cosmetic issues
433 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
434 * the messages window remembers more lines
435 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
436 * http and ogg stream output options
437 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
440 * new skinnable interface
441 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
443 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
444 * support for FLAC audio format
445 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
447 * network tab in the interface
448 * "apply" handling in preferences
451 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
452 ---------------------------------
455 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
456 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
457 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
458 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
460 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
464 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
465 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
466 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
467 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
470 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
471 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
474 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
477 * fixed the GNU-pth support
480 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
482 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
483 * rc interface is now fully useable
484 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
487 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
488 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
489 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
490 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
491 * VLC now uses the default audio device
493 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
494 * support for mouse gestures
495 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
498 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
499 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
502 * improved ID3 tag detection
503 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
504 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
505 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
507 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
510 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
511 ---------------------------------
514 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
515 English was set as the preferred language
518 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
519 --------------------------------
522 * new mouse gesture interface
523 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
527 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
528 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
529 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
532 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
533 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
537 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
540 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
541 without the user consent
544 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
546 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
547 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
548 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
551 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
552 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
553 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
554 * playlist enhancements
555 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
556 * new step forward/step backward commands
557 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
558 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
559 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
562 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
563 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
564 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
567 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
568 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
571 * native video output is working again
572 * only commandline interface support
573 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
576 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
577 --------------------------------
580 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
581 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
582 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
583 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
584 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
585 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
586 and A/52 streams are supported)
587 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
592 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
593 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
594 * VCD entry points support
595 * VCD image file support
598 * support for *.asf format
599 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
600 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
601 * support for ogg encapsulation
602 * support for raw DV format
603 * support for *.wav format
604 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
607 Stream discovery & playlists:
608 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
609 * support for .m3u file format
610 * support for .asx file format
611 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
614 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
615 (only available with the .avi demux)
616 * support for ADPCM audio codec
617 * support for raw PCM data
618 * support for Cinepak video codec
619 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
620 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
621 * support for Xvid codec
622 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
623 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
624 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
626 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
628 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
631 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
634 * new WxWindows interface
635 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
636 device and the channels configuration
637 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
638 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
639 format that VLC can play
640 * new swedish translation
641 * enhancements of the playlist window
642 * new messages window to see debug info
643 * fixed a few crashes
646 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
647 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
648 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
649 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working